# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/romain-maes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:51:30.009Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/romain-maes"
name: "Romain Maes"
slug: "romain-maes"
description: "Romanus Maes was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France after wearing the yellow jersey of leadership from beginning to end. Maes was the 13th child in his family. He started racing when he was 17. He turned professional in 1933 and won the Tour de l'Ouest. The following year he started the Tour de France and twice finished stages in second place. He then crashed on the day from Digne to Nice and left the race in an ambulance."
tagline: "Belgian road bicycle racer (1912–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tour_de_France_1935._11e_%C3%A9tape._Miroir_des_sports._Nice-Cannes._Victoire_R.Maes.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1912-08-10"
deathDate: "1983-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.94755333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "رومان مايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "رومان مايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "رومن ماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ロマン・マース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Мас, Ромен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Ромен Мас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Maes"
    title: "Romain Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254235"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump